like medicare, and key voting groups like women, and latinos. making the case for the white house this morning, an architect of mr. obama s first term, now the mayor of chicago, rahm emanuel. also, a special discussion on the politics and strategy of the race. by showcasing ann romney and offering more personal details about himself, did romney forge a new connection with undecided voters? and how will president obama defend himself and his record this week when he takes the stage thursday night? with us, former republican presidential candidate newt gingrich. nbc s tom brokaw. new york times columnist tom friedman. presidential historian doris kearns goodwin. and the former ceo of hewlett-packard, now working to get more republicans elected to the senate this fall, carly fiorina. if it s sunday morning the democrats staged their convention in charlotte, starting on tuesday. but the president is on the campaign trail this weekend, and he fired up his attack lines against
inherited. the economy is not in a recessi recession, not growing as fast as it needs to grow. the auto industry isn t near collapse but is thriving. the financial industry that was once facing a meltdown is starting to slowly and surely lend to homeowners, small businesses and kids going to college. do we stay on that course or the course that led to actually the disaster that he interhitted on day one. we ll talk more about the choice. you mention clintestwood. certainly overshadowing what was a critical hour for mitt romney. here s a portion of what he said at the convention. what do you want me to tell romn romney? i can t tell him to do that. can t do that to himself. you re crazy. you re absolutely crazy. you re getting as bad as biden. highly scripted convention, and then an impromptu moment that struck many as at least bizarre, if not totally counterproductive. but here s the thing, mayor, i m sure to much to your delight and to the democrats you want to make so
groundhog day which is we re going to go back to the very things that led to a recession, led to a middle class that for the first time in american history in a decade actually saw their economic security decline. that has never happened at this stage in the last presidency. and i also think it s interesting in that speech, when you think back at other convention speeches, george bush, read my lips. bill clinton, the new covenant. george bush also said the compassionate conservative. there is nothing memorable. the reason we re debating, even discussing clint eastwood is because there is nothing memorable about mitt romney s speech. there s not a memorable line, a memorable philosophy. all he advocated was the policies that led to the economic recession, the financial meltdown, and the collapse. the american people know that the president inherited those things, and through tough, hard work has begin to turn the corner on exactly what he inher inherited. the economy is not in
also, a special discussion on the politics and strategy of the race. by showcasing ann romney and offering more personal details about himself, did romney forge a new connection with undecided voters? and how will president obama defend himself and his record this week when he takes the stage thursday night? with us, former republican presidential candidate newt gingrich. nbc s tom brokaw. new york times columnist tom friedman. presidential historian doris kearns goodwin. and the former ceo of hewlett-packard, now working to get more republicans elected to the senate this fall, carly fiorina. if it s sunday morning the democrats staged their convention in charlotte, starting on tuesday. but the president is on the campaign trail this weekend, and he fired up his attack lines against the republicans, calling the gop convention nothing more than a tv rerun, joking that you might as well have watched on quote black and white tv. when governor romney had his chance to let y
been here at this convention? and heard leaders like governor mary fallon, governor nikki haley, governor susannah martinez, senator kelly ayotte and secretary of state condoleezza rice. more with our panel in just a minute. i want to go to charlotte, site of the democratic national convention. our political director and white house correspondent chuck todd is down there. chuck, you wrote in your first read blog this week if you don t think republicans understand the power of the gender gap, this convention should have made it very clear. a big emphasis there on reaching out to women. you talk this morning about the importance. it is, and i can tell you it s the single most important poll number that the romney folks look at when they go into the field. so let me show you sort of where things stood in 2008 versus where they stand now. as you can see in 2008 there was a 13-point gender gap advantage for president obama. here in our latest nbc news/ wall street journal poll over mit